Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2172 2177 2179

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.1%
Allow Rate
-14.9% vs TC avg
471
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
2012
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 429 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
64.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17951656 USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING HANDWRITING CONTENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17536390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17910088 Cross-Device Application Invoking Method and Electronic Device Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
17870860 EQUIPMENT SERVER, DEVICE SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17925257 File Application Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17878742 Curated Media Library Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17410387 USING DATA REDUCTION TO ACCELERATE MACHINE LEARNING FOR NETWORKING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17237252 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PART TRACKING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
17595197 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNICS WITH SYSTEM IN THE LOOP FOR OIL & GAS TELEMETRY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
17409312 PERFORMANCE PROFILER OF THIRD PARTY AUTOMATIONS Non-Final OA T-MOBILE USA, INC.
15832809 PRESENTING SUGGESTIONS FOR USER INPUT BASED ON CLIENT DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
17049032 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
17232812 SPECTRAL DATA PROCESSING FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18000159 TIME INTENSITY DOMINANCE OF SENSATION (TIDS) Final Rejection Cargill, Incorporated
17645122 DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM Final Rejection Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
17450266 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL QUANTUM COMPUTING Final Rejection River Lane Research Ltd.
15885498 FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT PLANNING Non-Final OA Varian Medical Systems International AG

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